Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-05-26

II Was Not His Residence
New York World.
IL the World will excuse mo for intro.
duoing purely personal matter,
would Ike to make an explanation at
this time which concerns me, of course,
more than any one else, and yet it ought
TO be made in the interests of general
justice also. | refer TO recent article
published IN western paper and hand.
somoly illustrated in which among Others
find rictare of my residence.
The description which accom- panies
the cut, amcag other things goes on to
state as follows:
The structure i. elaborate, massive
and beautiful II consists of three
Stories basement and attic, and covers n
lsrge area ON the ground IL contains
an elevator, electric bells, steam heating
arrangements, baths hot and cold, in
every room, electric lights, laundry, FIRE
escapes, etc. The ground consist of at
least five acres, overlooking the river for
several miles up aud down, with fine boat.
ing and private fish pond of two acres
IN extent containing every known var
iety of game fish. The grounds are
finely laid out in handsome drives and
walks, and when finished the establish
ment will be one of the most complete
and beautiful in tho Northwest"
No one realizes more fully than the
great power of the press for good or
evil. Rightly used the newspaper can
make or unmako men, and wrongly used
1t can be even more sinister. might
say, knowing this as do, | want to- be
right before the people. The above is
not a correct illustration or description
of my house, for severNl REASONS. In the
trst place, 1t is larger aEd moe robust
IN appearance, and in the second place
II has not the same tout ensemble as my
residence. My house is less obtrusiye
and less arrogant in its demoanor than
the foregoing, and 1t has no elevator in
it. 40
My house is not the kind that seems to
crave an elevator, An elevator IN my
house would loose money. There is no
popula, clamor for one, and il | we're TO
put one in I.would have TO abolish the
dining room. It wonld also Interfere
with the parlor.
l'hare learned recently that the CORES
pendent WHO came here to write up this
matter visited the town while ] was IN
the south, aud AS heoould not bud me he
was at the mercy of strangers.
young man who lives here aod who is
! just in the heydhy Of lids gLeetulv con
scented TO show the correspondent my
new residence not set completed. SO
they went over Fnd examined the new
! Oliver Wendell Holmes hospital which
will be complettd in JuRes and which of
course IL handsome structure, but
quite diGerent from my hou.g Vi many
/ pbrtluularS ,,tasr u Hn .
For Instance, my residence II 81 a elf
ferent RchoolN pr architecture, being
rather on the Scandinavian orleh while
! The ioFeRolng hGs tendency towards
the lronic. The hospital belongs To q
very recent sth6ok .as htmays sag, while
my Fe7ldepc6,ip itsArchiteclugal methods
4 aud conception, goes back 20 the time of
/ the mound bdif6tts, u timewhen adsothic
4 mole in +hs ground wa, ,.copsidered the
magnum bonum and scrumptuous
thing in art If the reader will go around
behind theaboyd building and notice IL
carefully on the ehstside1 heieill not dis
cover n dried ooonskin nailed, TO. TIE rear
breadths.of the woodshed That alone
ought 10 convince an observing man that
Wv HNNHO - nv " irNh w Sb1Nfhih
4 regJu dant will always be found emblazon-
ed on nay arms, Together with "a r. blue
Goddess OF Liberty ,Jsd .Sdy Rsme in
/ green Irsiia.ink
/ Above ], give a F]tugh sketch Of my
house. Or courses Iiihsyo ssealized it
somewhat, but only in order 90 please
] the eye Of the, kesfly obtsrtant resder.
The front part Of shsshssss Taps black to
| the time ~ Polypus the First, while the
/ l., yhieh doesfpot show in the drawing
! runs back rs fariastke cistern
1 In c'osinRi let rhe shy Shat dm. not
! finding faultwith any. one because the
/ above error has orept into public print,
FOR itisftealit a parsenable'jodror after
alb Naithef do ! with. to- be co9si9ered
a. striving TO eliminate my name from
| the columns OF the press, TSr 10 one
could be more tickled than ! am over u
friendly notice Of my arrival ia town or a
timely reference 10 by conrteouss bear
ing 'ahd youthful Appearance hat want
TO see Oliver Wendell Holmes Hospital
succeed, and 80 conieSodt in shfs way
over my own hsigpatpre and ,sdmit that
the building does not belong TO me and
that so far as am concerned tho man
who files e lien on it will simply fritter
away his time,